Harry Kane ya bayar da ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ayyukan da ya taɓa yi a gasar Champions League a ranar Laraba da dare, inda ya ci kwallon farko, ya taimaka da wata, kuma — a wani lokaci da ya kama tunani duk duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa — ya tashi don buga goal-kick yayin jujjuya 2-2 tsakanin Bayern Munich da Arsenal.

Da wasan ke ci gaba ba tare da a ci kwallon ba a cikin mintuna 25 na farko, Kane ya ɗauki harkokin a hannunsa, yana tafiya zuwa layin ƙofarsa ya kuma buga wata dogon saukarwa na sama da mita 70 da ta kusan buɗe tsaron Arsenal. Shi ne aiki na ƙarfin hali wanda ya ba masu kallo mamaki, amma 'yan wasan Bayern da suke a gabansa sun gudu zuwa gaba ba tare da jinkiri ba — alamar dogon amincewa da ƙungiyar ta nuna wa ɗan wasan su na lamba tara.

Yanci da bai taɓa samu a wani wuri ba

Tsohon mai tsaron baya na Manchester City, Nedum Onuoha, yana magana da BBC Sport, ya danganta faɗaɗawar rôle na Kane ga manajan Vincent Kompany. "A ƙarƙashin Vincent Kompany, an ba shi matakin amincewa da wataƙila ba shi da irin sa a ƙarƙashin wani manajan da ya taɓa yi masa aiki," in ji Onuoha.

Onuoha ya nuna wani muhimmin abu: har Manuel Neuer — ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun masu tsaron raga a tarihin wasan — kawai ya tsaya gefe ya bar Kane ya buga. "Yana barin Harry ya ci gaba domin ya yi imani da cewa duk abin da Kane ya gani zai zama daidai," Onuoha ya ƙara da cewa.

"Yanci shi ne mafi kyawun kalmar da za a iya amfani da ita wajen bayyana abin da yake samu yana buga ƙwallon Bayern, domin yana aiki tuƙuru a tsaro, wanda ke ba shi 'yancin ƙirƙira a lokacin harin. A yanzu haka, babu shakka yana ci gaba da bunƙasa."

Dare na yanke-hukunci a Allianz Arena

Buga goal-kick ba shine kawai gudunmawar Kane ba. Bayan Eberechi Eze ya ba Arsenal cikinta, Kane ya turawa tafas zagaye a gefen Jurrien Timber zuwa hannun Alphonso Davies, wanda ya daidaita lamba. Daga bisani Kane ya ɗauki bugun fanariti a tsakiyar rabin lokaci na biyu don sa Bayern a gaba, inda ya kawo jimlar kwallayensa a rayuwarsa da Arsenal zuwa 16.

Declan Rice ya ci kwallon a ƙarshen wasan don tabbatar wa Arsenal maki, wasan ya ƙare 2-2 — amma ayyukan Kane shi ne labarin dare.

A bakin tarihin Ballon d'Or

Sakamakon ya miƙa ɗaya daga cikin fitattun jerin ayyukan mutum ɗaya a tarihin Champions League: Kane yanzu ya ci ƙwallon a cikin matches 10 masu jere a gasar. Ɗan wasan kawai da ya taɓa cim ma wannan nasarar shi ne Cristiano Ronaldo, wanda ya ci ƙwallon a fitattun 11 masu jere na Champions League ga Real Madrid tsakanin Yuni 2017 zuwa Afrilu 2018.

Wannan yana ƙara wa Kane nauyin yiwuwar lashe Ballon d'Or 2026. Dan wasan mai shekara 33, wanda ya ci kwallaye 156 a matches 158 tun ya shiga Bayern Munich daga Tottenham Hotspur a shekarar 2023, ana kallonsa a faɗi a matsayin jagoran gasar. Zai zama Ba-Ingila na farko da ya lashe kyautar tun Michael Owen a shekarar 2001, inda Lamine Yamal na Barcelona da ɗan wasan Paris St-Germain Ousmane Dembele — wanda ke rike da laƙabi a yanzu — suna cikin masu yin takara.

An sanya Kane a cikin jerin mutum 30 a watan Satumba, kuma za a sanar da wanda ya yi nasara a ranar Litinin bayan zaɓen ƙungiyar 'yan jarida 100 ta ƙasa da ƙasa.

Rice, wanda ya fuskanci Kane a ranar Laraba bayan ya taka tare da shi a ƙungiyar England, ya kasance a sarari a cikin kiyasawarsa. "Shi ne bayyanannen wanda ya yi nasara. Lambobin nasa suna magana da kansu. Shekara da ya yi ta kasance mai ban mamaki," ɗan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal ya gaya wa TNT Sports. "Idan ka buga tare da shi, sai ka gane yadda yake da kyau, idan kuma ka buga a kansa, sai ka ga yadda take zafi."

Kane kansa ya nuna hankali bayan wasan. "Zai zama mai ban mamaki a ci nasara," in ji shi. "Zaɓen ya rufe tun lokaci mai tsawo, ba zan iya yin wani abu ba, sai dai a jira a gani abin da zai faru."